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bulbul

/bool-bool/US // ˈbʊl bʊl //UK // (ˈbʊlbʊl) //

公牛,公鸡,公牛座,公鸭子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a songbird often mentioned in Persian poetry, regarded as being a nightingale.
    • : any of several oscine birds of the family Pycnonotidae, of the Old World tropics.

Examples

  • He could have said "bulbul," the word little Israeli kids use, but he didn't—he "confused" it.

  • The sitting bulbul does not appear to mind the daily shower-bath it receives when the mali waters the plant.

  • The hen has the appearance of a kind of bulbul, being chestnut-hued with a white breast and a metallic blue-black crest.

  • The Bulbul had no sooner finished her song than the Bullfrog began to make profuse apologies for having left his music at home.

  • The bulbul eyed this performance thoughtfully; a tiger lying down for a sleep was something not to waste time over.

  • Like a streamer from the topmast of a yacht the bulbul, weaving back and forth, showed Finnerty the tiger was on the move.